I have been in a real battle lately and I was just wondering if my fellow IT people have had or are experiencing my same woes. I work for a really good company, in that management does not micro-manage and we really have freedom with several aspects of our jobs. For me individually, I have become more and more frustrated in the lack of “Team” with the IT staff. We are small, only a few people. The largest frustration is that our manager seems to only concentrate on one person, and that one person seems to ensure that he is the only one who really gets the brunt of the important work. He is involved in what we do, but he ensures that we do not get involved in what he does. I really feel that management wants a more cohesive and well rounded team, but my efforts to gain more knowledge and be more involved seems to always get cut off. I get very confused in that many people complain that they have too much, yet my complaint is that I wish to have more.
Any thoughts on how a fellow IT guy can cope?